About Me

Welcome to my crafting blog. After retirement, my husband and I moved to a beautiful location in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. I love all paper crafts including mixed media, journaling and cards. I also dabble in papermaking, photography, fibre art, and altered books. I am an active member of several card and mixed media groups and on the design team of several challenge blog. I love the world of blogging, it has opened many doors for me.
My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. Thanks for stopping by!

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Monday, February 27, 2017

My turn to host the challenge at at Crafty Cardmakers this week and the theme of the challenge is go green. Your card or project must either be a St. Patrick's Day theme or the main colour must be green.

I chose to make a card using a rubber stamp by Stampers Anonymous' Tim Holtz Collection called Tree Line. When I think green my first thought is of the beautiful forest that surrounds my home.

I used a combination of watercolours and Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow waterbased dye ink to colour the card. To complete my card I added a stamped sentiment and a eagle flying.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. Remember to visit our challenge blog to see the beautiful creations of our talented design team.

I coloured my image with Copic markers, pencil crayons and Wink of Stella. Next I added some flowers, buttons, and sentiments.

Hope you will join us this week in this Princess challenge. Remember to stop by our challenge blog to see the creations of our talented design team have created to inspire you. Thank you for stopping by.

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Time for another challenge at Come and Get It Challenges and it is a Valentines theme challenge. My Besties is the sponsor of our challenge and I have used one of their images for this challenge. Isn't she cute?

This image was so much fun to colour and layer with lacy layers, hearts, ribbon, gems and pretty flowers.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you will join us this week and that you pop over to our challenge blog to view the creative cards of our design team.

I used this gear stencil for my box. It is a perfect stencil for a small box , card or tag.

Closer look

I used molding paste on my stencil and coloured the box with several colours of Inka-Gold. To complete my box I added several findings, a gear, clock and wings. I also used some gems and starred washi tape.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us in this anything goes mixed media challenge. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to see the inspiring projects of our design team.

It is February and finally time to get back creating for Altered Eclectics. This is my first creation for 2017 for the group. I had fun updating my glass bottles. I am not sure what these bottles were used for . I found them at a flea market a few years ago.

This is what I started with.

To alter my bottles I painted them with chalk paint, added painted chains to the ankles, and then added the gems, flowers and lace. To complete the shoes I added a "inspire" tattoo on one shoe and a "dress to thrill" on the other shoe using rubber stamps from my stash.

Here are some closer looks.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Hope to join us this at Altered Eclectics. Remember to pop by the our challenge blog to see the very creative projects our talented design team have created to inspire you.